Friday, October 31, 2008

No More Digital Cameras for Dalsa

The Canadian company Dalsa is getting out of the business of making digital cameras for cinematographers. "The Origin camera, launched in 2004, won many accolades but may have been ahead of its time, as it was never used to film the entirety of a major studio's feature-length film," writes Matt Walcoff in The Record, adding that the Origin "was used to film advertisements and short films, as well as a skydiving scene in the James Bond movie Quantum of Solace."

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For about the last ten years, I've been writing about innovation for publications like the Boston Globe, the New York Times, Wired, Variety, Fast Company, the Hollywood Reporter, Salon.com, BusinessWeek, and Newsweek.
I helped start (and continue to help run) three conferences: Future Forward, the Nantucket Conference on Entrepreneurship & Innovation, and Convergence: The Life Sciences Leaders Forum. I also often speak and moderate at other people's conferences, and serve as a commentator on TV and radio. (Which beats actual work.)
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